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Saturday, July 20 at 19:00 UTC
(i.e., 8PM BST, 3PM EDT, 2PM CDT, 12PM PDT)

Squad of the Month meet is THIS COMING SATURDAY!

Attendance is how we score the winner. Don't let your squad go down without a fight!

RENDEZVOUS
on Risa

For those who like to gather in game at the start of the event, this month we will be gathering at Risa for the Summer Event
(exact spot on the planet TBD, but probably the dance floor).
The gathering in game at a public location is to show off our fleet label to the STO community.

As always, the Meet will convene on our Discord in a channel relabeled "Squad of the Month" at the time set forth above.

PRIZE GIVE-AWAY
After completion of the competition portion of the Meet there will be a drawing on Discord for:
20 Million Energy Credits

What is Squad of the Month?
The Squad of the Month ("SotM") meet is a monthly fleet event which starts with an inter-squad attendance competition to determine the Fleet's Squad of the Month. The competition is followed by group activities which may include: special events and prize giveaways (see above); a challenge match PvP, teaming up to cruise the TFO queues, build advice, and just hanging out together on Discord. We are a casual fleet, and participation in any portion of SotM is optional.

Rules for Attendance Competition: The winner of the competition is determined by attendance during the first 15 minutes of the meet (the "grace period"). The squad with the most members logging into the Discord channel during the grace period wins. However, if any squad shows up with its full membership during the grace period but still does not have enough numbers to win the competition, then the result will be a tie between all squads with their full membership attending and the squad with the largest number of members attending. If there is a tie, then the winner of the competition will be determined either by dice roll (".roll" using the Security Bot on Discord), or by any other method agreed upon between the tying parties (e.g., PvP match, trivia question, etc.). Any method other than dice roll for resolving a tie, must be approved by the convener of the meet (normally me) as being swift enough to be resolved simply without taking up the whole meet or leaving the winner undetermined beyond the end of the meet. The winning squad gains the Squad of the Month trophy to display in its squad forum until the next meet, and each member of the squad whose attendance contributed to the victory is awarded an SotM ribbon.

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Just a heads up for everyone! I have a work conflict at 3:20 PM Central Time that will require me to take an hour off from SotM tomorrow. I will be there for the first hour and 20 minutes, and come back for the last c. 4+hours, but you will be on your own for an hour.

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That means Sysil will be in charge.. oh boy..

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Rear Admiral Stromgold - 12th Fleet Tactical Division"I was promised explosions, and I shall have them."

I will visit my father at the hospital tomorrow. I should be back before SotM but I might not be.

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After being away for a week and a supprise 10-hour power outage yesterday when I had planned to do it, I am finally getting to posting results of the July SotM!

Congratulations to Tactical's Gamma Squad ("Vipers") for winning the Squad of the Month meet for July 2024! Gamma won with an attendance victory, by mustering 12 of its members during the initial grace period (tying its record of last April). Honorable showings were made as follows: MACO's Bravo x6 (tying last month's record for MACO); Engineering's Alpha x2; Science's Epsilon x2; and Section 31's Archer x1.

A prize of 20 million EC from our Fleet Bank was awarded based on dice roll among attenders with the prize going to RVaulte, who donated his prize + another 20 million EC to make a total of 40 million EC which was awarded based on another dice roll going to:

Limey001
Kudos to all who participated in the meet with a new record attendance during the grace period of 27 (beating last month's record 25) and a new record for the entire meet of 31 (blasting March's record of 27) ! Meet activities included the initial competition; the prize giveaway; grand PvP Match; build advice; cruising of advanced and elite TFO queues; and/or hanging out on Discord that went on until about 9:00 PM Central Time; including as follows:


12thKitty ("C'Nera")
Bahrat
CapLedbetter ("Thomas")
CJDJ
Cmdraftbrn
Dredgenyor
Gerisz23
Grizz
IrishHawk ("Drake")
Kirwin
KRAKY
Limey001
Lupy
MegatherionX
Medic357
M'rrrek
NDStache11
Paragod516
RVaulte
S31DINO ("Dan")
Sctrojanbulldog
Shadowgil316
Stromgold
Sysil
Teliron
Timper
TripleSPR ("Gunnie")
Valerie
Wildcat
Zurnan

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Sorry I was unable to show all as my schedule is very busy and just getting busier. I hope someday to beable to attend but hoping everyone is well and that you all had fun!